PAUL E. ROUGHAN     Managing General Partner
Mr. Roughan earned his B.S. in Chemical Engineering and MBA in Operations Research from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in 1978. From 1978 to 1989, he worked for General Electric in various operating management positions for the GE Plastics Division and in various Finance and IT management positions for GE Corporate. From 1990 to 1995, he worked for McKinsey & Company, a consultancy, specializing in operations improvement and post-merger integration consulting. In 1995, he joined UARCO, a $700 million business forms company, as Senior Vice President overseeing the company’s turnaround efforts. He led the break up and sale process and successfully sold the company in 1997 through three transactions. In 1998, he became CEO and President of Appliance Corp. of America, a $100 million marketer of small kitchen appliances. He led the break up and sale process and successfully sold the company in 1999 through two transactions.

Mr. Roughan joined Charter Oak in July 1999 and has served on the Board of Directors for Titan Plastics Group, Inc.; Revere Industries, LLC; Daisy Manufacturing Company, Inc.; Integrated DisAbility Resources, Inc. and Pasta Montana, LLC. He currently serves on the Board of Directors for Revere Industries, LLC; Aylward Enterprises, LLC and Daisy Manufacturing Company, Inc. He also is a board member for Ovation Polymers, Inc., a specialty resin company, not owned by Charter Oak.

 
ZUBIN AVARI     Principal
Mr. Avari graduated Magna Cum Laude from Illinois Wesleyan University in 1995 with a B.S. in Accounting. He received his Certified Public Accountant (CPA) Certificate in 1995. From 1995 to 1998 Mr. Avari worked with Crowe Chizek and Company, LLP in a number of departments, gaining tax, audit and mergers and acquisitions experience. Mr. Avari joined Charter Oak in October 1998 and has worked very closely with a number of portfolio companies, including serving as temporary CFO at two of the companies. Mr. Avari is also responsible for structuring and negotiating all debt tranches for the portfolio companies. He currently serves on the Board of Directors for Revere Industries, LLC; Texcel Industries, LLC and Charter Oak American Church Holding, LLC.
 
ANTHONY J. DOWD      Former General Partner
Mr. Dowd graduated with distinction from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point in 1981 with a B.S. degree in Engineering. From 1981 to 1986 he served as an officer in the U.S. Army. In 1988, Mr. Dowd graduated from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania with a M.B.A degree in Finance. Subsequently, Mr. Dowd was a Senior Associate with James D. Wolfensohn, Inc., a New York investment banking firm. In 1991, Mr. Dowd became affiliated with Charter Oak Partners and was appointed Director of Private Investments in May 1992. In 1997 he became a founding General Partner of Charter Oak Capital Partners. He served on the Board of Directors for many of Charter Oak's private investments and currently serves on the Board of Directors of Revere Industries, LLC; Space Optics Research Lab, LLC and Texcel Industries, LLC.
 
ROBERT P. SARRAZIN     Former General Partner
Mr. Sarrazin received a B.A. degree in Honors Business Administration from the Richard Ivey School of Business. From 1993 to 1995, Mr. Sarrazin was a Financial Analyst in the Leveraged Finance/Financial Buyers Group of CS First Boston Corporation. He joined Charter Oak in August 1995 and has served on the Board of Directors for Stealth Medical Technologies, LLC; Ross Aluminum Foundries, LLC; Brass Eagle, Inc. and Orchid Orthopedics, LLC. He currently serves on the Board of Directors for Space Optics Research Labs, LLC.
 

ELLYN STERN     Chief Financial Officer
Mrs. Stern received a B.S. in Finance from Babson College and a M.S. in Financial Management from Fairfield University. Prior to joining Charter Oak, she was a senior financial analyst in the Maxwell House Division of General Foods Corporations and was the Controller for SFA, Inc., a media communications company. Mrs. Stern joined Charter Oak in January 1998. Her responsibilities include accounting, financial reporting and compliance for all of the private equity partnerships. Ms. Stern currently serves on the Board of Directors for Space Optics Research Labs, LLC.